DHAKA: A new land customs station has been opened in Tripura along Bangladesh-India border to facilitate two-way trade.
Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman along with Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Sarkar inaugurated the station on Wednesday at Srimantapur, the Indian High Commission said on Thursday.
This station is located at Sonamura in Sepahijala district of Tripura.
The corresponding station on the Bangladesh side is Bibirbazar, Chittagong Commissionerate.
Srimantapur is the second land customs station developed by Tripura government along Bangladesh border.
It will have facilities for fast customs clearance, and parking lots for trucks, among others, to facilitate two-way trade between India and Bangladesh, the mission said.
